Thornton, who led a 49-point effort from the Sacramento bench, scored 12 in
the final period, helping the Kings out to their highest point total of the
season.

Tyreke Evans shot 7-for-11 and finished with 18 points, while John Salmons and
Jason Thompson added 13 apiece for Sacramento, which notched its third win of
the season. Thompson also hauled in 10 boards.

"What they did tonight was move the ball, they used the pace of the game to
help them," Kings head coach Keith Smart said.

Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 38 points, but didn't get much help from the
rest of the Lakers starting lineup. Dwight Howard finished with just seven
points and Pau Gasol scored eight, as Los Angeles lost for the first time
under new head coach Mike D'Antoni.

"We have to play harder than we played tonight," said a frustrated Howard.
"It's tough to play through fatigue, but you have to find ways to stay
together and win games."

Bryant scored 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting in the first half, but the Lakers
found themselves trailing 42-41 going into the third quarter, as the Kings
shot a strong 59.1 percent to outscore Los Angeles 27-20 in the second.

Midway through the third, the Kings went off on an 11-2 run, which was capped
by an Aaron Brooks three to extend Sacramento's lead to 69-58, but the Lakers
pulled within four by the end of the period.

Meeks, who had 12 in the fourth, scored the Lakers' first seven points of the
quarter to cut their deficit to 77-76 early in the period, but the Kings used
an 11-2 spurt to build their advantage up to 10.

Bryant finished a three-point play to cut the Kings' lead to 96-92 with 3:06
to go, but the Kings ran away with it from there, outscoring the Lakers 17-5
the rest of the way.

Game Notes

The Kings outscored the Lakers in the paint 50-22 ... Howard only had four
field goal attempts for Los Angeles a night after scoring 23 against the Nets
... The Lakers will continue their three-game road trip in Memphis on Friday
... The Kings will travel to Utah on Friday to play the Jazz.